Archives for August 2020

Let’s talk a little bit about the idea of Israel “crossing over”. Why is this term so important? Because it plays such a key role in the salvation history of God’s Chosen People. Recall that Abraham had to “cross over” the Euphrates River in order to enter into the new land Hashem wanted to show […]

Alrighty folks, today I want tackle a controversy brought about by an ungodly modern-day academic discipline called “literary criticism”.  The controversy is caused by two sets of verses. The first set of verses is from Joshua Chapter One.  “…to go through the camp and order the people, ‘Prepare provisions, because in three days you will […]

“Y’hoshua got up early in the morning, and they left Sheetim and came to the Yarden, he with all the people of Israel; they camped there before crossing.”-Joshua 3:1 We shouldn’t just fly by the opening verse of Joshua Chapter 3 where we’re told… …“Joshua got up early in the morning”. From an ancient Hebrew […]

Alrighty folks, today I’m going to offer up some concluding thoughts on the topic we’ve been immersed in over the past couple of days about how best to read the Bible, especially the OT or as I like to put it the “Only” Testament. Keep in mind that everything I’ve said about how the Scriptures […]

We are continuing on with our discussion on the topic of how the Holy Scriptures were birthed within an oral culture. Let me start by asking you this. Did you know that our current practice of punctuation is actually a recent development? In ancient times, not only did most written languages NOT have punctuation, they […]